# Anathon Aall

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**Anathon August Fredrik Aall** (15 August 1867 – 9 January 1943) was a Norwegian academic, philosopher and psychologist. Originally educated as a [theologian](/source/Theology), he became a professor of [philosophy](/source/Philosophy) at [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo).[1]

## Background

He was born in [Nesseby Municipality](/source/Nesseby_Municipality) in [Finnmark](/source/Finnmark), Norway. He was a son of vicar Niels Anton Aall (1833–1896) and his wife Mathilde Susanne Dahl (1842–1910). His grandfather, Hans Cato Aall (1807-1862), was a Member of Parliament and mayor of [Hammerfest](/source/Hammerfest_(town)). He was also a great-great-great-grandson of [Nicolai Benjamin Aall](/source/Nicolai_Benjamin_Aall), and a great-great-grandnephew of [Niels](/source/Niels_Aall), [Jørgen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Aall) and [Jacob Aall](/source/Jacob_Aall).[2]

He was the brother of jurist and Fascist politician Herman Harris Aall (1871-1957). His sister Marna Aall (1873–1948) was married to philosopher [Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars](/source/Kristian_Birch-Reichenwald_Aars) from 1895 to 1910. Anathon Aall biographed Aars in the first volume of the first edition of the [biographical dictionary](/source/Biographical_dictionary) *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*.[3][4][5]

## Career

Aall's family moved a lot during his early years, since his father was a parish priest. Aall [finished](/source/Examen_artium) his secondary education in [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger_(city)) in 1886, and graduated from the [Royal Frederick University](/source/University_of_Oslo) (now University of Oslo) with the degree [cand.theol.](/source/Cand.theol.) in 1892. From 1893 to 1897 he undertook [religious studies](/source/Religious_studies) in four European countries. In 1897 he applied for a position as professor of church history at the Royal Frederick University, but he was rejected as the assessment committee found that he was "deviating from the faith of our [Church](/source/Church_of_Norway)", and hence was "unfit" to lecture for priestly candidates.[5]

After this he studied [philosophy](/source/Philosophy) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) and [experimental psychology](/source/Experimental_psychology) in [Germany](/source/Germany). He was elected as a member of the [Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters](/source/Norwegian_Academy_of_Science_and_Letters) already in 1898. He published several works, including the 1903 [thesis](/source/Thesis) *Über die Wirkung der Wiederholung eines Elementes bei gleichzeitiger Vorführung mehrerer Schriftzeichen*. He worked as a lecturer at the [University of Halle-Wittenberg](/source/University_of_Halle-Wittenberg) from 1904 to 1908. He was appointed as a professor of philosophy at the Royal Frederick University in 1908. In addition to researching philosophy, he published works on the [history of ideas](/source/History_of_ideas), and also helped create the Department of Philosophy, which he led until his retirement in 1937. He was the [dean](/source/Dean_(academic)) of the Faculty of Humanities from 1918 to 1921, and a [visiting scholar](/source/Visiting_scholar) at the [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) from 1924 to 1925. Aall was also involved in [temperance](/source/Temperance_movement) work, as well as promoting international peace.[5][6]

## Personal life

From 1899 he was married to Cathrine Antonie Langaard (1863–1926), a daughter of businessman [Conrad Langaard](/source/Conrad_Langaard). In October 1928 he married [Austrian](/source/Austria) citizen Lily Weiser (1898–1987), an [ethnologist](/source/Ethnologist). He died in January 1943 in [Lunner Municipality](/source/Lunner_Municipality). Anathon Aall was the grandfather of Norwegian psychologist [Lisbeth F.K. Holter Brudal](/source/Lisbeth_F.K._Holter_Brudal). His private correspondence and notes are kept by the [National Library of Norway](/source/National_Library_of_Norway).[5][7]

## Selected works

- [*Geschichte der Logosidee in der christlichen Literatur*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkVptwAACAAJ) (1899)
- [*Philosophische Abhandlunge*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fMk_MQAACAAJ) (1906)
- [*Logik*](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008377443) (1909)
- [*Die norwegisch-schwedische Union, ihr Bestehen und ihre Lösung*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8sbDAQAACAAJ) (1912)

## References

1. ["Aall, Anathon"](https://runeberg.org/ink/1/0017.html). Illustreret norsk konversationsleksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

1. Bratberg, Terje (2007). ["Aall"](http://www.snl.no/Aall) (in Norwegian). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)*. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

1. Hans Fredrik Dahl. ["Herman Harris Aall"](https://nbl.snl.no/Herman_Harris_Aall). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

1. Korsvold, Håkon (2005). ["Kristian Aars"](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Kristian_Aars/utdypning) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. Vol. 10. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

1. Korsvold, Håkon (2005). ["Anathon Aall"](http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anathon_Aall/utdypning) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. Vol. 10. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

1. ["Anathon August Fredrik"](https://runeberg.org/nfcn/0216.html). Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

1. Reimund Kvideland. ["Lily Weiser Aall"](https://nbl.snl.no/Lily_Weiser_Aall). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

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